Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Somehow I was fully grown before I realized that people gave out favors at parties. Maybe they did it behind my back, and maybe that accounts for why I can never remember to provide them at our birthday parties.

In a fit of optimism several years ago I bought these pretty little favor boxes at Michael's. This summer I finally remembered to pull them out of the closet at Daisy's birthday. A victory of good manners.

How utterly delightful to see you again!! We have just been through a rough few days, we had a 7.1 earthquake here in our corner of New Zealand, and we're all shaken and tired, and still enduring strong aftershocks. Amazingly our internet connection has held up and just reading blogs has provided some escape. I really need the grace and beauty of Pleasant View right now, so thank you for being here! :-)

Those are so great! When our girls were little we always encouraged them to thank their birthday guests with goodie bags - It is in giving that we receive. They always had so much fun choosing and decorating the bags and deciding on the goodies to go in them.

Grown up girls like favors, too! Last year, I planned a surprise birthday party for my mom, complete with goodie bags filled with butterfly notepads, pens, bookmarks, and poems for each lady in attendance. They all loved receiving a little favor as they departed!

Anna, what? Have I missed something here? Am sitting here in mild confusion. I thought I'd clicked on an archived page or something. But no, it is September 2010 isn't it? She'd never gone to NY before. Am I reading this?? Are you back? I'll stop with questions now and happily whatever you blog about, whenever. A LOVELY bit of sunshine in my day. Thank you. Francine.

then I must have missed the same thing because I never get or give favors at parties! At wedding receptions, yes. And now there are those dreadful goodie bags that my children get at their peers' parties - I guess this is considered a favor. But the bags are universally filled with junky candy and flimsy plastic junk. I'm sure your pretty boxes had a much nicer confection inside! I'm now considering doing something like this when my girl turns 5 this fall.

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Photography is an important part of life at my house. Photos that appear here are taken by Giles, by the Composer, and by me. Giles is a real, paid photographer, and he uses a Sony Alpha. Most of the photography prior to September 2008 is his. Since then I have done most of the shooting and I use a Konica Minolta. Additionally, the Composer offers me nice shots on occasion, often from his little Canon point and shoot. I've given up trying to note who's done what. Thanks for your interest!